He also said that 52 new cases of Influenza-like illness (ILI) wereadmitted to hospitals while 162 ILI patients were discharged, leaving1,354 ILI patients still under treatment in 82 hospitals nationwide.

Dr Mohd Ismail said in a statement that treatment was firstadministered to the child on Aug 12 after suffering from fits andcough for two days.

However, the following day, the child's condition worsened, requiringadmission to the intensive care unit and treatment with the anti-viraldrug, Tamiflu, he said.This is another evidence that after 48 hours, Tamilflu is not longereffective in preventing death.

It should be administered within 2 days on the onset of fever. This iswhat I had requested for my son, and fortunately I got it.

In the first 2 days, the fever was mild I noticed that on the secondday, he coughed heavily, like never before, for the first time.

Because I was worried, I went to SMC immediately. I think it should bebefore the 48 hours. I argued that my 13 year old son shouldn't getthe normal flu because he was already vaccinated at SMC with normalflu vaccine, more than 2 weeks ago, at least with 99.9% probablilitythat he should not be getting any normal flu.

Also I argued that my wife is suffering from SLE, and used to betreated with steroids, and all this is recorded at SMC where she wastreated.

On doctor's inspection, the fever was confirmed although still light,and his lung has evidence of puss(kahak in Malay).

And I know him quite well and this Tamilflu is provided free ofcharge, although I was more than willing to pay for it.

Today, my son is alright. His red eye has disappered as well his pussin his throat, his runny nose and cough. He may not have suffered fromSwine Flu, but Tamilflu is surely effective, which is further evidencethat what he got was Swine flu.

It was mild and my son had no underlying diseases, but based on deathcases even in Malaysia, in 5 days, it could turn suddenly worse andcause death within 2 days after that. And in Lancaster, UK, a 50 yearold with no underlying diseases died, because he was advised byauthorities to just stay at home and not get any Tamilflu. It led tohis death, but a reduction in the prescriptions of Tamilflu.

At the cost of RM120, is it worth the life of a human being? Anddespite having evidences that only 10% of those given Tamilflu werereally Swine Flu cases in UK, those other 90% are still better servedby Tamilflu by reducing their sufferings, just as my son is at themoment.

The reduction in symptoms studies due to Tamilflu by just 1.5 days forhealthy people, but for these people, they only need to suffer for atmost 3 days even without Tamilflu. A reduction of 1.5 days is areduction of suffering of 50%, a significant contribution.

The study didn't cover not so healthy people who may suffer deaths ifnot given Tamilflu. This was not studied so cannot be relied on tostop the prescription of Tamilflu for even healthy people forsuspected Swine Flu cases. The consequences is heavy, i.e. deaths foreven healthy people, because statistics shows that 50% of the deathsin UK have no underlying diseases, while it is only 20% in Malaysia.Even 20% is siginicant, especially when it is you family that isaffected, all for the saving of RM120?

Dr Mohd Ismail said that of the 1,345 patients in hospital, only 202or 15 per cent had been confirmed as H1N1 positive, and 42 of thesecases were under intensive care.

"Of the 42 cases under intensive care, 38 are in the risk category,having chronic illnesses (15), being obese (nine), suffering fromdiabetes (six), being children or infants (three), women who werepregnant or in the post-delivery period (three) or suffering fromDown's syndrome (two)," he said.

Dr Mohd Ismail said the World Health Organisation (WHO) had reported atotal of 239,397 H1N1 cases with 2,578 deaths worldwide as of today,indicating that the pandemic was still active.